Virtual Kick Off Events 2021: consciously leave the old year behind & start a new

Kick Off Events: here’s what it’s all about

Events to kick off special projects, as a team-building measure and to start the new year with motivation are widespread. No wonder: They offer benefits to participants and companies alike.

• Participants feel respected and valued.
• Kick Off Events make it clear that something new is starting and strengthen motivation.
• Playful elements loosen up the atmosphere in the team and the participants can develop a team spirit on a human level and optimize cooperation.
• Team performance increases.

Virtual Kick Off Event – does it make sense?

People perceive their counterparts through their senses. Encounters via digital channels reduce the spectrum of perception. It is therefore clear that an online kick-off is not the same as the usual presence events. Nevertheless: Our experience shows that virtual encounters offer a sensible alternative until we can return to the familiar, face-to-face mode.

We plan the virtual kick-off events in such a way that we do justice to the special character of online events and that the participants benefit optimally. In concrete terms, this means that the participants see and hear each other. Voice, gestures, facial expressions and body posture convey the most important information that people need to build trust and strengthen relationships. Smelling is not possible in the digital space – and touch via handshake is currently missing even in face-to-face meetings.

To compensate for this, we schedule enough time for sharing and getting to know each other, for example. With creative questions, we encourage participants not only to talk about professional matters, but also to reveal private interests, preferences and small weaknesses. Questions about their favorite childhood toy, the perfect home-office environment, or how their first contact with the Internet went will liven up the conversation. The chat function, emojis and other interactive tools in the virtual space promote exchange in the round.

The positive feedback from our customers encourages us to offer our Kick Off offerings as an online variant for 2021.

With power and optimism into the new year – here are our offers to start the year 2021:

Race around the World – the race around the world

This fast-paced online adventure promotes communication and strengthens the sense of togetherness – the ideal teambuilding measure for the start of the new business year. Perfect for teams that also work on their joint project online.

Here’s what it’s all about: Participants are assigned to different teams that travel across all continents, completing various challenges along the way. This is how they gather information about the cities they visit during the event. In the process, decisions have to be made all the time: Do you complete the train challenge in Montreal, which “only” earns 75 points, or do you venture to the ship challenge in Vancouver for 150 points?

While the game is running on the tablet or smartphone, the teams communicate via video conference. The task is to process information and make joint decisions. Only in this way will the participants master the challenge and clear points. At the same time, problem-solving skills are improved.

You can hardly wait to send your team around the world or would like to have more information? Then take a look at our website.

Peak Performance Online – together on the roof of the world

The participants take on the role of an expedition leader. The goal is clear: the climbers want to storm the summit. Will they succeed? – The expedition leaders are extremely challenged: The oxygen in Camp 3 is running low, and the weather forecast has remained poor for days. What about the physical and mental fitness of the climbers? How long will they be able to hold out in camp 4?

In the online version, the participants take on the role of expedition leaders, just like in the original. They are to lead the climbers to the summit and bring them back to base camp.

Again, there is a learning principle behind the adventure: the participants have to gather and evaluate information and make the right decision. This can only be done with good task sharing and cooperation.

For this version, participants use their own Internet browser and a video conferencing tool.

You can hardly wait to reach the summit as a mountaineer or would like to have more information? Then take a look directly at our website.

CSI Home Office: The Balotti File & CSI Home Office: Murder in the Vineyard – Your Team of Special Investigators

Investigations from the home office: No matter which variant of our CSI home office you choose, the participants only need a notebook or PC, a video conferencing tool and an internet browser.

Which case do you want to solve? The “Murder in the Vineyard” poses unsolvable riddles for the responsible officers. Your team must come to the assistance and find the murderer of the well-known winemaker Robert Esser. Time is running out!

The other investigation case leads the participants into a swamp of bribery, greed for power and cold-blooded murder. What happened? A soccer icon is no longer on the soccer field, but lies dead on the shore of a lake. It quickly becomes clear: the alleged victim is intensely involved in a corrupt network. Will the investigators uncover the case as a team?

Your team will be given access to the investigators’ database and all the materials they need via the online tools. Only when participants make the best use of their team skills can they be successful.